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CVE-2026-2840Disclosure

LOWCVSS 6.4 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'eeb_mailto' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Sources & remediation

Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-79

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-04-17: 2Technical Details · 2026-04-17: 204-17
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-2840 The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'eeb_mailto' shortcode in all ve… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2840 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-2840 The… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The post announces a stored XSS flaw in the Email Encoder plugin for WordPress, referencing the CVE record but providing no evidence of exploitation, PoC, or mitigation.

    0000023
    71 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-2840 The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'eeb_mailto' shortcode in all ve… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2840

    Post summary

    A newly reported stored XSS vulnerability in the Email Encoder WordPress plugin—no evidence of exploitation or mitigation details, just initial disclosure.

    0000096
    57.2K followersView on X

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